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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 191- 243.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Tanus's speech a surprise to his whole audience, especially Taita?
(a) He boldly names all the problems rampaging through Egypt.
(b) He repeatedly blames Pharaoh for the nation's problems.
(c) He does not mention any modern problems or solutions.
(d) He praises his own god rather than Pharaoh's chosen god.

2. How does Tanus get back into shape after his weeks of drinking and laziness?
(a) Three weeks' worth of sword practice.
(b) A four-day march with his regiment.
(c) Two weeks' worth of difficult training.
(d) Fighting the Shrikes on the road.

3. What is the name of the band of men who terrorize the Upper Kingdom?
(a) Kratas
(b) Akh-Seth.
(c) Men of Salitis.
(d) Shrikes.

4. Why does Taita conduct Pharaoh's tours of his treasuries?
(a) The priests could not answer Pharaoh's questions.
(b) Lord Intef could not answer Pharaoh's questions.
(c) Pharaoh remembered him from the pageant and requested that he lead.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

5. How does Taita fake his own death in order to search for Tanus?
(a) He held an embalming ceremony for himself (the body was a stranger's).
(b) Lostris spread rumors that he was dead while he hid in her rooms for a month.
(c) Took a large dose of the sleeping potion.
(d) Sprinkled a cat's blood over a boat and left the boat to drift.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Lostris" mean?

2. What does Shufti the baron offer Tanus in return for twenty of his "slave girls"?

3. How does the cobra get into Taita's room to attack him?

4. How do Egyptians treat their women in comparison to surrounding nations?

5. How does Taita explain his absence to Pharaoh?

(see the answer key)

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